Animal Cartoon Drawings

The best idea when you are doing animal cartoon drawings, is to practice as much as you can.

This means you can:

• trace to work out where to put lines
• copy others to learn and improve
• change the styles to create your own

I also find visualizing and converting the cartoons to basic shapes helps me while I practice.

Black and white cartoon drawings are attractive in their simplicity.

Cartoons are meant to have a minimum amount of lines. The fewer lines you use, the better.

Draw your starting lines lightly and keep going over the lines until you get the shape right.

You can leave the incorrect lines in until you decide the drawing is finished.

I still perceive myself as a student of drawing.

When I'm drawing cartoon animals, I use my lack of skills to my advantage. Cartoons don't have to be perfect! Great, this is right up my alley.

You can have a lot of fun with cartoon drawings of bees.

The main features of a cartoon bee would be his pointed tail and the stripes.

The rest of the bee is up to your imagination to exaggerate everything that you can think of.

With this cartoon drawing of a lion, I decided to have a bit of fun.

Unfortunately for him, he has received a hit on the head. I've added some stars and curving lines to indicate his dizziness.

These lines are called action lines.

Experiment putting action lines on your drawings. You don't need many to get the effect that you wish to convey.

Here are some cartoon bugs to give you some ideas.

I recognize one as being a cartoon caterpillar.

The other bug is a bit of an enigma. He's just a cartoon bug!

Draw crazy lines that transform themselves into people, and things. You'll be amazed at how simple and easy it is.

The last of the animal cartoon drawings is a cheeky looking horse.

I quite like this dude.

He might look complex but, if you copy it, you will discover he is really very easy to draw.

These black and white cartoon drawings were quick and easy to do. I used a 2B pencil and plain photocopying paper.

When you are drawing cartoon animals, don't try to be a perfectionist.

Have fun, experiment, and most of all, keep practicing!

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